Lauren E. Howard

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Lauren E. Howard is a clinical researcher whose work focuses on optimizing surgical outcomes for prostate cancer, particularly through comparative effectiveness research within the Veterans Health System. Her major contributions center on improving the efficiency and safety of radical prostatectomy, the primary surgical treatment for prostate cancer. Her most cited work, "Predictors of operative time during radical retropubic prostatectomy and robot‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy" (2017, 27 citations), provides critical data for operative scheduling and cost reduction. She has also investigated the impact of obesity on surgical outcomes, comparing robotic and retropubic approaches to minimize positive surgical margins (2020, 10 citations), and studied the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on blood loss during these procedures (2016, 5 citations). Additionally, her work on pelvic lymph node dissection utilization (2015, 2 citations) sheds light on surgical practice patterns in equal-access healthcare settings. Through her research, Howard has helped refine surgical techniques and perioperative management, directly contributing to improved patient care and resource allocation in urologic oncology.

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1. 1
   Predictors of operative time during radical retropubic prostatectomy and robot‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

   27 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Obese men undergoing radical prostatectomy: Is robotic or retropubic better to limit positive surgical margins? Results from SEARCH

   10 citations · 2020
3. 3
   Effect of positive end‐expiratory pressure on blood loss during retropubic and robot‐assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

   5 citations · 2016
4. 4
   Utilization and impact of surgical technique on the performance of pelvic lymph node dissection at radical prostatectomy: Results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital database

   2 citations · 2015

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